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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Fleury order Chloe killed?

2. What did Lucy want to eat?

3. What does the Collector eat at the end of Chapter 29?

4. What wasn't the priest able to do because of the many people dying of cholera?

5. What kind of treatment mentioned by Dr. McNab alarms the crowd?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Dr. McNab ask to look after the Collector and what transpires during that time?

2. What happens to Ford in Chapter 30 and what falls on the Collector?

3. What happens on September 12th and why can't the British destroy the enemy's magazine cache?

4. At the end of Chapter 29 what does the Collector read about in the phrenology book and what does he eat on the way downstairs?

5. What does each person carry with him or her during the cholera epidemic?

6. What is the Collector sitting on and what is he discussing with the Padre in Chapter 31?

7. What does Rayne, who is in charge of the Commissariat, do to enrage the Collector?

8. What does Fleury hear in the morning which he finds beautiful? What is Ram's comment on this and Fleury's thought about it?

9. What desperate measure do the people take out of extreme hunger?

10. What does Fleury do for Louise's birthday?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Describe the friendship which has developed between Louise and Miriam. What do they discuss together? How are they similar? how different?

2) Describe Miriam''s relationship with the Collector and with Dr. McNab.

3) Describe the episode where the Chockchafer's cover Lucy and she strips naked. How do all the characters react to this incident?

Choose two of the three topics to write on.

Essay Topic 2

1) What are the two options presented in the novel concerning the distribution of food and rations . Which do you think is the better option?

2) How do Hari and how do the Magistrate attempt to prove the validity of phrenology. Whom do they choose to use in their experiments and

why?

3) How does Hari change during his confinement in the tiger house? Do you think it was moral to keep him there?

Choose two of the three topics to write on.

Essay Topic 3

1) Describe three desperate measures taken to obtain food at the end of August.

2) What does Fleury do to celebrate Louise birthday?

3) What are some of the horrible physical problems Louise faces near the end of the siege?

Choose two of the three topics to write on.

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